ell

FREQ #18850

n. 厄尔(英国旧时量布的长度单位), 字母L, L形物

发音

其它 /ˈɛl/

词形变化

ells 复数

别名

el

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.

    历史
  2. 1.

    The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)

  3. 2.

    An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.

  4. 3.

    Something that is L-shaped.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

wing extension annex annexe

相关短语

give them an inch and they'll take an ell Pe Ell give them an inch and they'll take a mile 得寸进尺

词源

From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).

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